BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAY
1. The Skewvilles are turning 80 tonight (Bushwick, BK)
2. “Unpaid Dues” Cassius Fouler at Orchard Windows Tonight (LES, NYC)
3. “Should The Light Not Take Us” – Armsrock at the Galleri Profilen (Aarhus, Denmark)
4. “Street Wall” at Fourth Wall Project Gallery Saturday (Boston)
5. Philip Lumbang solo show “New Arrival”
6. LA Mural Ordinance Community Discussion with Shepard Fairey and Saber
7. New Sten & Lex Low Res VIDEO in Rome
8. MAMBO Goes for a Swim (VIDEO)
9. Creepy Tries to Control the Ocean (VIDEO)
We start Fun Friday this week with thanks to Don Cornelius for making the Soul Train an incredibly important part of the ride for lots of us for four decades.
Much respect to his work and to his family.
Here’s his interview with a new group called Run DMC.
The Skewvilles are turning 80 tonight (Bushwick, BK)
Join the Skewvilles today at Factory Fresh as they celebrate their 80th Birthday with a Retro-Retrospective. See some of the treasures they’ll be lugging out of the basement here in yesterday’s post.
Skewville (photo © Jaime Rojo)
For further information regarding this show click here
“Unpaid Dues” Cassius Fouler at Orchard Windows Tonight (LES, NYC)
Despite initial apprehension, Orchard Windows Gallery is proud to present Cassius Fouler, who is in about four shows this month. Dang!
For further information regarding this show click here
“Should The Light Not Take Us” – Armsrock at the Galleri Profilen (Aarhus, Denmark)
Armsrock says his new show is an investigation of parapsychology, ideology and crisis, through drawings, objects and texts. His style is getting tighter too.
Armsrock in Brooklyn NYC 2007 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
For further information regarding this show click here
“Street Wall” at Fourth Wall Project Gallery Saturday (Boston)
New York is chocolate and Boston is peanut butter so when you mix these artists from both Street Art scenes together in one show you get something grittily sweet that will stick to the roof of your mouth. Want a root beer? Vodka? Featuring LNY, Radical!, Tiptoe, Nanook, The Phantom, Geoff Hargadon, Zatara and Blackmath.
Geoff Hargadon CFYW in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Check out more about this show here.
Also happening this weekend:
Philip Lumbang solo show “New Arrival” at the Unit 44 Gallery in Newcastle, UK opens today. Click here for more details on this show.
LA Mural Ordinance Community Discussion with Shepard Fairey and Saber at Lab Art Gallery in Los Angeles. Find out how the new mural laws in Los Angeles are affecting the Urban Art and what the answers are to your questions. This event takes place on Saturday. Click here for more details.
New Sten & Lex Low Res VIDEO in Rome
Italian Duo Sten & Lex have a new body of work on the streets of Rome. Here they show us how The Stencil Poster was born.
MAMBO Goes for a Swim (VIDEO)
MAMBO pays tribute to Johnny Weissmuller and the Molitor swimming pool in Paris:
Creepy Tries to Control the Ocean (VIDEO)
Creepy “If We Can’t Control the Boat Let’s Control the Ocean” by K. Hughes-Odgers
